Loop Definition

lo͝op
looped, looping, loops
noun
loops
The more or less circular figure formed by a line, thread, wire, etc. that curves back to cross itself.
Webster's New World
A noose.
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Something having a shape, order, or path of motion that is circular or curved over on itself.
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Anything having or forming this figure.
The loop of a written l.
Webster's New World
A sharp bend, as in a mountain road, which almost comes back upon itself.
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Antonyms:
verb
looped, looping, loops
To form into a loop or loops.
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To progress as a measuring worm does by alternately straightening the body and drawing it up into a loop.
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To wrap around one or more times.
Loop the wire around the post.
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To fasten with a loop or loops.
To loop curtains back.
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To fly (an aircraft) in a loop.
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Antonyms:
idiom
in the loop
  • Part of a group that is kept up-to-date with information about something:

    knew about the merger because she's in the loop.

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knock
  • To surprise tremendously; astonish.
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out of the loop
  • Not part of a group that is kept up-to-date with information about something.
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in (<i>or</i> out of) the loop
  • within (or not within) a particular exclusive group, often one that has influence, information, etc.; being (or not being) an insider
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knock for a loop
  • to shock, amaze, confuse, etc.
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Other Word Forms of Loop

Noun

Singular:
loop
Plural:
loops

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Loop

Origin of Loop

  • From Middle English loupe (“noose, loop"), earlier lowp-knot (“loop-knot"), of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Old Norse hlaup (“a run", literally, "a leap"), used in the sense of a "running knot". Compare Swedish löp-knut (“loop-knot"), Danish løb-knude (“a running knot"), Danish løb (“a course"). More at leap.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English loupe probably from Middle Irish lúb (perhaps influenced by Middle English lep basket)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English loupe Middle Dutch lūpen to lie in wait, peer

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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